In Praise of Dreams
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In Praise of Dreams is a jazz
album by Jan Garbarek
released in 2004 on ECM. In 2005, it was nominated for the Grammy for "Best Contemporary Jazz Album
". It lost out to Unspeakable
by Bill Frisell
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Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
album by Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
released in 2004 on ECM. In 2005, it was nominated for the Grammy for "Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for works containing quality contemporary jazz performances...
". It lost out to Unspeakable
Unspeakable (album)
-Track listing:# "1968" - 4:35# "White Fang" - 5:39# "Sundust" - 2:36# "Del Close" - 5:03# "Gregory C." - 5:38# "Stringbean" - 5:57...
by Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell
William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...
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Track listing
All compositions by Jan Garbarek.- "As Seen from Above" - 4:42
- "In Praise of Dreams" - 5:22
- "One Goes There Alone" - 5:09
- "Knot of Place and Time" - 6:27
- "If You Go Far Enough" - 0:44
- "Scene from Afar" - 5:19
- "Cloud of Unknowing" - 5:26
- "Without Visible Sign" - 5:04
- "Iceburn" - 5:02
- "Conversation With a Stone" - 4:25
- "A Tale Begun" - 4:39
Personnel
- Jan GarbarekJan GarbarekJan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
- Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Synthesizers - Manu KatchéManu KatchéManu Katché is a French musician of Ivorian origin, born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés on 27 October 1958. He is a drummer and songwriter.-Career:Session musician...
- Drums, Percussion, Samples - Kim KashkashianKim KashkashianKim Kashkashian is an Armenian-American violist.-Professional career:Kim Kashkashian studied the viola with Karen Tuttle. She also studied at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. She won the 2nd prize at the 1980 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and the 1980 ARD International Music...
- Viola (tracks 2-4, 6-10)